Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey, Bryce Dallas Howard and Edgar Ramirez and directed by Stephen Gaghan, is the “epic tale of one man’s pursuit of the American dream, to discover gold. McConaughey as Kenny Wells, is a prospector desperate for a lucky break, he teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard, but keeping it would be even harder, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street. The film is inspired by a true story.”
Gold‘s score is from Golden Globe nominee Daniel Pemberton, who previously scored Steve Jobs. Per the press release for the score, Pemberton took the film’s central theme of greed and drew inspiration from the NY Stock Exchange opening bell. “After discovering it hammers in G minor at 127 beats per minute, Pemberton used the bell to symbolize capitalism and the American dream. Pemberton was also inspired by the jungle scenes and the sounds of the jungle as well as tribal instrumentation. He incorporated themes relevant to the on-screen scenes but he also transposed his stock exchange and jungle music into the opposite scenes to symbolize the predators in both worlds. While experimenting with the tempo, Pemberton slowed it down like the death knell for a man running on borrowed time. He sped the music up to mimic pick-axes from an actual mine. Pemberton also played it at multiple pitches and let the rhythms collide.”
We have an exclusive behind the scenes look into the creation of the score, which you can watch below. Gold opens wide next week.
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